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10/03/2026
George gets a shock.
10 Mar 2026,·13 mins
08/03/2026
There's tension at Bridge Farm.
08 Mar 2026,·72 mins
A Case of Identity: Part One
A jilted bride pays a visit to Baker Street, begging Holmes to find her missing fiancé.
05 Mar 2026,·23 mins
The Best Friend
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
13 Mar 2026,·14 mins
The Dentist
Episode 5
Between the high body count and the raging gangster, Kerry’s world is in freefall.
27 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Series 4
5. Assoilized
Drama serial exploring crime through a psychological lens.
03 Mar 2026,·44 mins
5. Strangers
A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
27 Feb 2026,·14 mins
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
Secrets and Lies: Like A Brother
A gripping drama where loyalty, deception, hidden motives and friendship collides.
06 Mar 2026,·57 mins
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
5. The Hearing
A newly commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
10. Guilty
Samantha Cookes is guilty.
04 Dec 2025,·11 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
Chapter 34
Emily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal and retribution on the wild moors.
24 Aug 2019,·30 mins
This Karma Business
After a mysterious encounter by the river, more questions are coming Miss Macdonald’s way.
19 Dec 2025,·14 mins
Chapter 24
Reconciliations, rewards, and just deserts.
04 Dec 2025,·9 mins
5. What Remained
Julie Hesmondhalgh concludes Jenn Ashworth's eco-gothic story set in the near future.
06 Feb 2026,·14 mins
10: The End of the Affair
A brilliant new literary whodunnit for Radio 4 from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
14 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
Episode 10
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
File 084: The Reveal
Tessa finally hears the truth about who killed Drew.
30 Dec 2025,·24 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Fire Ready
The temperature in Australia is soaring higher than ever. Living has become an endurance.
06 Mar 2026,·14 mins
Chapter 4: After Empire
Once Upon a Time in Kampala
A Ugandan cab driver forms an unlikely bond with a sex worker during the covid lockdown.
22 Dec 2023,·26 mins
Episode Five
In 1923, Virginia hears some devastating news.
21 Nov 2025,·14 mins
6: 'Do it to Julia!'
Tom Hollander ends a day of readings from Orwell's great dystopian masterpiece.
08 Jun 2024,·57 mins
Episode 9: An Ancient Evil
Danny Robins returns with a terrifying bonus episode recorded in front of a live audience.
06 Feb 2023,·57 mins
The redundant design team are going to make the most of the launch party. By Joe Dunthorne
14 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
